MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 20:17
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 467 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 65.8 58% 69.9 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 58.6 55% 68.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27238 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2534 (B1) Unknown 83 83 195 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 41 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 123 (EB) Unknown 99 99 690 (F1) Unknown 99 99 78703881842	88.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 353 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 21.2 125% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 79 101% 180 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 159 159 34378547634 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 336 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3174 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 240519086123 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 139 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 126GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 149 149 34381496758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 531 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 240519151656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.3% Good	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 122 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3200822AS 250GB 86GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18570 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1963 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 43 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 635 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18875077884

WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 83GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5825 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 94.5 Mixed 87.2 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.37 116% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-437.A01LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-437.A01LF 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,200x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	144x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16